Putting their trades skills to the test, nearly 150 elementary and high school students were at the School of Trades and Technology on March 4…
A new Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) Foundation Certificate has been approved for the School of Trades and Technology thanks to funding from School District 73 and the BC Industry Training…
They've completed a six-week pilot program and now six inmates at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre are one step closer to meaningful employment upon their release.…
Thompson Rivers University is inviting women to open the door to a trades career. Attend a free information session for Women in Trades Training (WITT) on Tuesday, Sept.…
TRU Trades and Technology's mobile training unit (MTU) is hitting the road again and this time it means 12 people in Hope, BC can stay…
KAMLOOPS—Today university, industry and labour partnered to find better ways to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities within their community. The memorandum of understanding…
TRU's Trades and Technology will receive $857,000 in additional funding for the purchase of trades equipment, the BC Ministry of Advanced Education has announced. Examples of equipment…
Today, Cathy McLeod, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and for Western Economic Diversification, and Member of Parliament for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, on behalf of the…
The Ministry of Advanced Education recently announced it would pay for 16 seats in the Foundation millwright program. Years of lobbying for a millwright program…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Greg Toth, senior director for Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Expansion Project, announces a memorandum of understanding with TRU on April 7,…
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="165"] Culinary Arts student Teraneh Crick placed first in the Culinary Arts category during the 2015 Regional Skills competition held at TRU…
TRU will receive $325,274 to purchase new trades training equipment as part of BC’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint. The new equipment will support trades students who are…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] This is screen grab of the video KinderMorgan created during its recent stop at TRU Trades & Technology. The stop was…
School District 73 and Thompson Rivers University are collaborating to deliver a unique education opportunity for students in the region to sample university while they…
The TRU Foundation kicked-off its annual campaign today by celebrating the various community partners who have supported the university’s trades programs through the years. Among…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] BC Premier Christy Clark makes a funding announcement at the Kamloops campus in this file photo from September 2011. She announced…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] John Rustad, left, B.C. minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, speaks with Women in Trades Training program student Shavonne Mountain during…
Instructors in TRU’s School of Trades and Technology are using video meeting software to help train a group of Haisla First Nations construction students at…
The following is a media release issued by the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education As part of BC’s Blueprint, TRU will receive funding for…
Reprinted from Bridges Magazine Spring 2014, by Bart Cummins and Anita Rathje Experiential learning wakes up education Kate Strangway spent much of last summer in…
